MARBLE FALLS — Police are investigating a case involving an allegation of continued child sex abuse over several years.
Gary Lynn Lovett, 52, of Marble Falls is in the Burnet County Jail charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. Bond information is pending.
MARBLE FALLS — Learning to build a campfire. Seeing a community service project through to completion. Knowing first aid. These are a few of the skills Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts pick up along the way.
MARBLE FALLS — With Mustang football and other school extracurricular programs facing looming budget cuts, the Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club is trying to fill the gaps while looking for a financial touchdown from the community.
IN PHOTO: The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club representatives are Kristy Ryan (front row, left), Debra Yates, Galyn Wooldridge, Debby Johnson, Lisa Eaton and Eileen Washington; Laurie Hill (middle row, left), Beth Wooten, Julie Causgrove, Jenny Brust, Kathy Daniels, Maureen Everett, Cecy Nelson, Kristine Harris, Marti Goodman and Donita Whitecotton; Kristi Waldrop (back row, left), Suzanne Russell, Teri Freitag, Tammy Downey, Christine Morgan, Michael Pittard, Jake Whitecotton and Ray Boatwright. Not pictured are Jerry Watson, Tricia Naito and Tempe Winters. Courtesy photo
MARBLE FALLS — As LakeFest enters its 19th year this weekend, the annual drag boat races have added a new sponsor that could bring more competitors roaring across Lake Marble Falls, officials are hoping.
IN PHOTO: San Angelo resident C.D. Word will race ‘The Red Zone’ in the river race class during LakeFest 2010 this weekend on Lake Marble Falls. Staff photo by Raymond V. Whelan
MARBLE FALLS — A budget shortfall could force the Marble Falls High School Daycare Center to close by year’s end, but only if a nonprofit agency can come to the rescue of affected students and their children.
GRANITE SHOALS — Will Acuff stood outside his manufactured home avoiding the afternoon sun thanks to a mesquite tree. It’s cooler in the shade than inside.
IN PHOTO: Will Acuff understands the importance of the Burnet County indigent health-care program. It has allowed him to get prescriptions that help with his ‘extreme’ asthma and other illnesses that have left him struggling to work. Recent changes in federal programs may force local officials to expand the program, which could hit taxpayers in the wallet. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
LLANO — The resignation of yet another prosecutor has created a critical personnel shortage at the District Attorney’s Office and the potential for a legal logjam in area courtrooms.
MARBLE FALLS — When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast Aug. 29, 2005, and drowned New Orleans, it sent a congregation searching for a new home — which they eventually found in the Highland Lakes.
MARBLE FALLS — The case of a teen girl severely beaten by gang members after she decided to drop out is just the latest warning sign that gang activity is on the rise in the Highland Lakes, officials and parents say.
